Lolley’s 10 thoughts: Eagles

Pickens and Claypool have one touchdown each, as does tight end Pat Freiermuth. Johnson has yet to score despite having a team-high 43 receptions.

The Steelers were 1 of 3 scoring touchdowns on red zone trips in this game. That drops them under 50 percent for the season in scoring touchdowns in the red zone.

And when you also consider they’re the only team in the league that doesn’t have a touchdown from outside the red zone – it’s making life too difficult.

• It’s no secret Brown is a weapon for the Eagles. In fact, he’s not just a weapon, he’s THE weapon for the Eagles.

Brown entered this game averaging 15.2 yards per catch. It was no secret they wanted to get him the ball.

And yet he had three touchdowns in this game of 39, 27 and 24 yards.

The Eagles had obviously watched the Steelers defensive backs struggle with the ball in the air against the Bills a few weeks ago. And they attacked.

“We talked about it during the week,” nickel cornerback Arthur Maulet said. “It leaves a sour taste in your mouth from a few weeks ago when we played the Bills. It’s one of those things we preached on. We’ve got to have better ball drills and make plays. We’ve got a bye this week. We’re going to work on it. We’ll be on it. Work hard and hopefully get better at it.”

Ahkello Witherspoon was beaten on the final two of those touchdown passes, while safety Minkah Fitzpatrick was in position to intercept the first, only to have Brown go up in front of him and make the play.

It wound up getting Witherspoon, who was returning to play after being out for a month with a hamstring injury, benched at halftime in favor of James Pierre.

“That’s on me to make the plays when I’m in that position. Coaches trust me to do my job and I didn’t do that,” Witherspoon said. “That’s the NFL. Shots and chunk plays are the easiest way to win in the NFL. We didn’t win when we needed to.

“You’ve just got to try to make the play. I don’t think I did a good enough job to try to make the play. It’s as simple as…